Education Philosophy

I believe that teachers should create a safe comfortable environment. If children don’t feel safe in the classroom then they won’t be able to learn. If a child is constantly worried that someone in the class is going to make fun of them for answering a question wrong, then that child will be more focused on someone laughing at them than wither or not they have answered the question correctly. The teachers should collaborate with the students in her classroom as well as the other teachers on their team. Without collaboration then the teacher won’t be able to adjust her teaching style to fit the needs of her class. Teachers should also have their students’ best interest in mind; I have had teachers that don’t want their student’s to succeed. I don’t feel there is any way for you to be a good teacher if you don’t want your students’ to do the best they can.

I think that learners, I say learners and not students because teachers should be learners too, should be active in their own education. You can’t teach someone that doesn’t want to learn. So, the teacher and students in the classroom should both be willing to learn from each other. Learners should be will to strive to reach the best of their ability. Learners also need to be passionate about learning; without passion then the learner will never be as good as they could be.

The curriculum that a teacher works with is probably the most important element when it comes to teaching. The curriculum should reflect the needs of the students in the classroom; it should be challenging and well balanced, and should include lot of hands on learning. The curriculum should be well organized and easy for teachers to use in their lesson planning. A good curriculum exposes students to things that they wouldn’t otherwise be exposed too; it also puts students out of their comfort zone a little bit. I think this is important because student’s won’t survive in the real world if they are never put in difficult situations.